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Celebrim reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with
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The Lady of Pain isn't a human being so moral contsructs around their behavior are vague. There is no indication their motives are... -
Celebrim reacted to Professor Murder's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
As I state initially, saying "Unchecked Good can lead to Tyranny" is a facile argument because by definition when that happens it is no...
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Celebrim reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General "True Neutral": Bunk or Hogwash with Like.
Its a concept that is difficult to discuss on this forum. First, to accept 'True Neutral' or Militant Neutral, we have to accept Good...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What's the hardest attribute to effectively role-play?.Fair. To successfully roleplay "lower" correctly you have not primarily have aesthetics related to winning. Otherwise the temptation to...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What's the hardest attribute to effectively role-play?.All three mental attributes are equally hard to roleplay if you are trying to roleplay a character which has a higher attribute that you...
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Celebrim reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What's the hardest attribute to effectively role-play? with Like.
Charisma. Tough to present a self-confident, social, self-actualized PC when you have trouble in those areas yourself.
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I could be missing something subtle, but I think everything you mention in your last paragraph could be done in D&D 5e, A5e, Tales of...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I think it would be fair to say that the answer to the question, "What is railroading to you as a player?" is "When I'm a player and I...
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Celebrim reacted to FrogReaver's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
That’s interesting to me. Being railroaded doesn’t typically apply to crpgs save your one example and that determination revolved...
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Celebrim replied to the thread Weather Matrices for Real Locations [Simulationism].I like weather generation systems, but for the last 20 years or so rather than programming one or rolling the dice at the table I just...
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Celebrim reacted to Tinker Gnome's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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Railroading is when I don't get to do what I want, and the more I don't get to do what I want the more of a railroad it is. -
Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.This is why these discussions about terms of art never have any consensus. People hear the term, they use the term, but they never...
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Celebrim reacted to Gradine's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It's not only this; you can design a linear adventure, but still run it as wide open and reacting to the full range of player expression...
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Celebrim replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.Yes. But, also fully applies to a sandbox or an improvisational game as well. The key point is the GM using some technique to steer...
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Celebrim reacted to SkidAce's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Take a linear adventure or adventure path. It could be looked at as the scenarios in that adventure, in that order, are the most...